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Episode Thirty-Two: Mollie Claypool

Robot Talk · 13 Jan 2023 · 21m · Episode 32

What this episode covers

Mollie Claypool, CEO and co-founder of Automated Architecture, explains how her company uses robotic assembly of timber blocks to build zero-carbon homes through community-embedded microfactories. She details the technical approach of using a single modular block to create diverse housing types, achieving 80 tons of CO2 removal per house, while addressing the UK's labor shortages and high insurance liabilities. Claypool discusses the social imperative of designing automation to empower communities and reskill manual trades, contrasting their agile system with expensive, large-scale modular factories.

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early-stage companies

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Automated Architecture, AUAR Ltd
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The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK Raz Network, NASA, MIT

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